Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Feilding, New Zealand · 2005

New Zealand: Christian Brother Andrew Cody convicted of sexually abusing sick and vulnerable boys in his care at Hato Pāora College

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Andrew Cody, Christian Brother on staff at Hato Pāora College, a Catholic Māori boys' boarding school, Feilding, New Zealand, 1981-1984

Organization

Congregation of Christian Brothers, New Zealand, Hato Pāora College

Archive classification

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Cody's victims were boarding-school boys, some specifically singled out while sick and dependent on his care, at a Catholic institution staffed by the Christian Brothers where his religious-order standing was inseparable from his custodial role.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2005-01-01 · conviction and sentence

New Zealand court. Cody, then 67, was jailed for two and a half years for sexually abusing sick and vulnerable boys in his care at Hato Pāora College between 1981 and 1984.

Documented coercion mechanisms

residential boarding-school authority over boys, including specific access to those who were sick and under his direct care
religious-order status inside a Christian Brothers-staffed Catholic institution

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting court reporting NZ Herald, reporting on Hato Pāora College abuse cases including Andrew Cody's 2005 conviction.: Confirms Cody's 2005 sentence of two and a half years for abusing sick and vulnerable boys in his care at the college between 1981 and 1984.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/priest-michael-odonnell-pleads-guilty-to-abusing-five-victims-at-hato-paora-college/ZNRC7KKCGVB7BLIZ2MFIXNS6HE/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: court-reporting. SHA-256 336d149b8ce15840cd55b9c5aa3bb26551debeac1b1d9621be38629a1b84c714
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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